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ʺSustainability is a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society and its members are able to meet their needs and
express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, and planning and acting for the
ability to maintain these ideals indefinitely.ʺ‐ World IQ
ʺSustainability means using, developing and protecting resources at a rate and in a manner that enables people to meet their current
needs and also provides that future generations can meet their own needs, ... simultaneously meeting environmental, economic and
community needs.ʺ ‐ State of Oregon
ʺSustainability means living within the resources of the planet without damaging the environment now or within the future. It also means
having an economic system that provides a genuine quality of life, rather than depending on increased consumption.ʺ ‐ West London
Friends of the Earth
ʺSustainability is a relationship between dynamic cultural, economic, and biophysical systems associated across the landscape such that
quality of life for humans continues ‐‐ both for individuals and cultures. It is a relationship in which the effects of human activities do not
threaten the integrity of the self‐organizing systems that provide the context for these activities. An ecosystem has integrity if it retains its
complexity and capacity for self‐organization (arguably its health) and sufficient diversity, within its structures and functions, to maintain
the ecosystemʹs self‐organizing complexity through time.ʺ ‐ Eco‐Watch (Iverson, CornettT)